[NYCInfoLaw] This Week with NYCInfoLaw

Mon Nov 2 12:48:44 PST 2009

Quick change. The Cardozo/Harrington event is moved to November 11th.

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Ashley Fry <amf2179 at columbia.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here are the events for the week:
>
> E-MAIL CONTENTS
>     *[Reading Group] Real Laws, Virtual Worlds
>     *Eben Moglen: Patent Law at the Crossroads: Bilski and Beyond
>     *William Patry: Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars
>     *Michael Harrington on "Copyright Musicology"
>     *Barton Beebe: Intellectual Property Law and the Sumptuary Code
>     *Fred Benenson @ NYLS
>     *Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for
>     the 21st Century
>     *[C.E.O. Series] Columbia Business School: Challenges and
>     Opportunities of Wind Energy
>     *Understanding Science for Public Choices
>     *Columbia Business School: 6th Annual Healthcare Conference
> --------------------------------------------------
> NYCINFOLAW NEWS
>
>     [READING GROUP] REAL LAWS, VIRTUAL WORLDS
>     NOVEMBER 11, 2009 @ 7:15 PM
>     BOERUM AND JORALEMON, BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, 250 JORALEMON STREET
>     The discussion will focus on the impact of real laws on
>     virtual worlds, and vice versa. Links to the readings are available on
>     NYCInfoLaw calendar.
>
> INFORMATION LAW EVENTS
>
>     EBEN MOGLEN: PATENT LAW AT THE CROSSROADS: BILSKI AND BEYOND
>     NOVEMBER 2, 2009 @ 12 PM
>     ROOM 423, CARDOZO LAW, 55 5TH AVENUE AT 12TH STREET
>     Professor Eben Moglen, Professor of Law at Columbia and
>     Founding Director of the Software Freedom Law Center will
>     be speaking on the upcoming Bilski case being heard in the Supreme
>     Court of the United States. The outcome of Bilski will
>     likely determine the reach of the patent system and the patentability
>     of computer software and methods of doing business. Professor Moglen
>     has been instrumental in the advancing the free software movement and
>     destroying the status-quo in intellectual property law. This is a MUST
>     SEE event. It will be taped and distributed over the internet
>     as part of a publicity campaign in advance of the Bilsk decision.
>
>     WILLIAM PATRY: MORAL PANICS AND THE COPYRIGHT WARS [RSVP req]
>     NOVEMBER 2, 2009 @ 12 PM
>     W420, NYLS, 185 W BROADWAY
>     Metaphors, moral panics, folk devils, predictable
>     irrationality, and free market fundamentalism are just some of the
>     topics William Patry will be discussing, along with his new book,
>     Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars, at a luncheon event at NYLS.
>
>     MICHAEL HARRINGTON: COPYRIGHT MUSICOLOGY
>     NOVEMBER 4, 2009 @ 12 PM
>     ROOM 108, CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL, 55TH 5TH AVENUE AT 12TH ST.
>     Michael Harrington has come to Cardozo for the past two
>     years and we keep on inviting him back because he gives some of the
>     most entertaining and interesting talks of the year. He is a
>     musicologist and is a expert witness in many infringement
>     trials. Even though he works with copyright, he is a real "music guy."
>     In addition to making a bunch of points on copyright, he spins a lot
>     of music and gives a great presentation. Highly Recommended.
>
> http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/09/inside-publishing-e-michael-harrington/
>     Lunch will be served.
>
>     BARTON BEEBE: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND THE SUMPTUARY CODE
>     NOVEMBER 4, 2009 @ 12PM
>     5TH FLOOR MAIN CONFERENCE ROOM, IPK, 20 COOPER SQUARE
>     Professor Beebe teaches Trademark, Copyright, and
>     Advanced Trademark at NYU. He was a senior editor of The Yale Law
>     Journal and an articles editor of Yale Journal of Law & the
>     Humanities, and a Whiting Fellow in the Humanities in the English
>     Department of Princeton University. He is a member of Phi
>     Beta Kappa. In 2002 he clerked for Judge Denise Cote US District
>     Court for the Southern District of NY. He maintains a website at
>     www.bartonbeebe.com. Details and RSVP:
>     http://www.nyu.edu/ipk/events/event.php?id=67
>
>     FRED BENENSON @ NYLS [RSVP required]
>     NOVEMBER 5, 2009 @ 6PM
>     ROOM C400, NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, 185 W BROADWAY
>     Guest: Fred Benenson, Product Manager at Creative Commons
>     Bio: http://fredbenenson.com/blog/about/
>     RSVP: You must rsvp to Naomi Allen, IILP Manager,
>     naomi.allen at nyls.edu
>
> OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST
>
>  For more information on any of these events, please visit
>  nycinfolaw.org and view our calendar.
>
>     REINVENTING THE AUTOMOBILE: PERSONAL URBAN MOBILITY FOR
>     THE 21ST CENTURY
>     NOVEMBER 4, 2009 @ 6 PM
>     DAVIS AUDITORIUM, SCHAPIRO CEPSR BUILDING, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
>     530 W 120TH ST.
>
>     COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL: THE C.E.O. SERIES: CHALLENGES
>     AND OPPORTUNITIES OF WIND ENERGY
>     NOVEMBER 4, 2009 @ 6:30 PM
>     39TH FLOOR (ENTER FROM 40TH FLOOR), SMITH BARNEY NYC, 450
>     LEXINGTON AVENUE
>     Speaker: Jim Spencer, EverPower
>
>     UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE FOR PUBLIC CHOICES
>     NOVEMBER 5, 2009 @ 4 PM
>     ROOM 555, LERNER HALL, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 115TH ST. AND BROADWAY
>
>     COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL: 6TH ANNUAL HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE
>     NOVEMBER 6, 2009 @ 8 AM
>     MARRIOTT MARQUIS HOTEL, TIMES SQUARE
>
>
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